WHEREAS, severe
weather conditions of October 30 and 31, 1991, including winds and
high tides, have created flooding, hazardous road conditions, and
threatened homes and other structures in the coastal areas of the
State; and

WHEREAS, these
weather conditions pose a threat and constitute a disaster from
a natural cause which threatens and presently does endanger the
health, safety or resources of the residents of more than one municipality
and county of this State; and which is in some parts of the State,
and may become in other parts of the State, large in scope to be
handled in its entirety by the normal municipal operating services;
and

WHEREAS, the
Constitution and statutes of the State of New Jersey, particularly
the provisions of the Law of 1942, Chapter 251 (N.J.S.A. App: 9-30
et seq.) and Laws of 1979, Chapter 240 (N.J.S.A. 38A:3-6.1) and
the Laws of 1963, Chapter 109 (N.J.S.A. 38A:2-4) and all amendments
and supplements thereto, confer upon the Governor of the State of
New Jersey certain emergency powers;

THEREFORE,
I, JIM J. FLORIO, Governor of the State of New Jersey, in order
to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of the State
of New Jersey do declare and proclaim that a limited State of Emergency
has and presently exists in Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth and Ocean
Counties.

NOW THEREFORE,
in accordance with the Laws of 1963 Chapter 109 (N.J.S.A. 38A:2-4),
I hereby authorize the Adjutant General of the New Jersey National
Guard to order to active duty such members of the New Jersey National
Guard, that, in his judgment, are necessary to provide aid to those
localities where there is a threat or danger to the public health,
safety and welfare. He may authorize the employment of any supporting
vehicles, equipment, communications or supplies as may be necessary
to support the members so ordered.

FURTHERMORE,
in accordance with the Laws of 1942, Chapter 251 as supplemented
and amended, I hereby empower the Superintendent of the Division
of State Police, who is the State's Director of Emergency Management,
through the police agencies under his control, to determine the
control and direction of the flow of such vehicular traffic on any
State Highway, municipal or county road, including the right to
detour, reroute or divert any or all traffic, and to suspend tolls
on the Atlantic City Expressway, and to prevent ingress from any
area that he, in his discretion, deems necessary for the protection
of the health, safety and welfare of the public.

The Superintendent
of the Division of State Police is further authorized and empowered
to utilize all facilities owned, rented, operated and maintained
by the State of New Jersey to house and shelter persons who may
need to be evacuated from their residences during the course of
this emergency.

FURTHERMORE,
the Superintendent of the Division of State Police is hereby authorized
to order the evacuation of all persons, except for those emergency
and governmental personnel whose presence he deems necessary, from
any area where their continued presence would present a danger to
their health, safety or welfare because of the conditions created
by this emergency.

FURTHERMORE,
in accordance with the Laws of 1942, Chapter 251, I reserve the
right to utilize and employ all available resources of the State
government and of each and every political subdivision of the State,
whether of men, properties or instrumentalities, and to commandeer
and utilize any personal services and any privately owned property
necessary to protect against this emergency.

This order
shall take effect immediately and it shall remain in effect until
such time as it is determined by me that an emergency no longer
exists.

GIVEN,
under my hand and seal this
31st day of October in the Year of Our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
ninety-one, and of the Independence
of the United States, the two hundred
and sixteenth.